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Research highlights increased loneliness in lock-down for the over-70s

The joint report from TILDA and ALONE highlights the effects of COVID-19 measures on our older population.

14 Jul 2020

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‘Resetting’ immune cells improves traumatic brain injury recovery in preclinical trials

This research suggests that the impact of traumatic injury on brain degeneration may be modifiable a relatively long time after the injury was sustained.

25 Feb 2020

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Greek President receives Honorary Degree

Trinity recognised the rich academic and cultural links between Ireland and Greece today by awarding an honorary degree to the Greek President H.E. Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

17 Jan 2020

Trinity researchers involved in new €5 million climate change project, Terrain-AI

The project, co-funded by Microsoft Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland, will see the collaborative group share their insights and models with other countries to help reduce global carbon outputs.

15 Dec 2020

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The shift to a more sustainable food system is inevitable – here’s how to make it happen

A new report from SAPEA, co-authored by Professor Anna Davies from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, lays out the social science evidence on how a transition can happen in an inclusive, just and timely way.

9 Apr 2020

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Disentangling the psychological, behavioural, media and governmental responses to COVID-19 via a cross-border analysis

The research project is one of six Trinity projects awarded funding through the recent HRB/IRC 'Covid-19 Rapid Response Call'

30 Apr 2020

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Mass action needed to change US

Daniel Geary, Mark Pigott associate professor in American history, writing in the Irish Times that steps required to prevent police murdering of African Americans have been known for 50 years.

8 Jun 2020

Trinity engineers use 3D printers at home in battle to tackle shortage of PPE

A father-sons team has produced over 1,000 face shield frames to date for the PPE-Hub and a further 300 full face shields, which have been donated to front line medical staff in hospitals, nursing homes and GP practices.

27 Apr 2020

Irish business can do more to protect human rights defenders

Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, and adjunct professor at the Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity Business School, says business should help protect human rights defenders

11 Sep 2020

China’s quantum satellite enables first totally secure long-range messages

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Harun Siljak writes how this technology is being used to reach a major milestone: long-range secure communication you could trust even without trusting the satellite it runs through.

16 Jun 2020

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Young Economist Award research looks at police behaviour in the U.S.

Dr Nicola Mastrorocco, Assistant Professor in Economics has won the prestigious 2020 European Economic Association (EEA) Young Economist Award.

8 Sep 2020

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Study finds athletes fear being judged as weak when they experience pain or injury

Researchers have undertaken the first multi-centred, international, qualitative study exploring the rower experience of sporting low back pain (LBP).

15 Oct 2020

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How do you communicate when you have language learning difficulties?

Researchers are highlighting a unique study to mark International Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day.

16 Oct 2020

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Professor Luciano Rezzolla delivers inaugural lecture as honorary Andrews Professor in Astronomy (1783)

Professor Rezzolla’s main research topic is the physics of compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars.

26 Feb 2020

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Vitamin D could help fight off Covid-19 – new TILDA research

New TILDA research highlights the key role of Vitamin D in the body’s immune response to fight infection and emphasises the importance of increasing intake while staying at home/’cocooning’.

3 Apr 2020

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Student groups urged to apply for Trinity Trust Special Fund

The Trinity College Dublin Trust is inviting applications from student groups for grants from a special fund of €100,000 to support student life during the pandemic. This fund has been established to assist societies, sports clubs and other organised student groups to develop new projects.

27 Nov 2020

Internet access and use by older adults in the ‘new normal’

The TILDA report delves into the internet habits and behaviours of adults aged 50 and over in Ireland.

3 Jun 2020

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Birds, bees and butter – biodiversity crucial for shea production in West Africa

Shea yields are likely to benefit from a diversity of trees and shrubs, which has implications for managing a crop typically harvested and sold by women in rural areas, and which helps finance education for children.

26 May 2020

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“We need those summer dollars!”: Why the COVID shark is out there still

In the Sunday Independent, Prof. Luke O'Neill wrote about the parallels between the film Jaws and COVID-19, casting Tony Holohan as Chief Brody

6 Jul 2020

Trinity research suggests head shop closures reduced drug harm

Research from Trinity College Dublin suggests that the closure of Ireland’s head shops in June 2010 resulted in a decline in the incidence of drug-related emergency hospital admissions.

16 Nov 2020

Northern Ireland after coronavirus: three scenarios for politics and peace

A thought-provoking opinion piece published by The Conversation and written by David Mitchell, assistant professor in conflict resolution and reconiliation at Trinity.

4 Jun 2020

Researchers question Google Play component of COVID tracker apps

Prof. Doug Leith and Dr Stephen Farrell at the School of Computer Science and Statistics have issued a new report concluding that user privacy is not protected adequately in COVID-19 tracking apps.

23 Jul 2020

Documenting the toll of COVID-19 on Ireland’s older people

Trinity researchers to study how people 50 years and older in Ireland have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

29 Jun 2020

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Trinity PhD student in European final for innovation award

A PhD student at Trinity College Dublin is today (Wednesday May 20th) competing with counterparts in major European universities in the final of an innovation competition run by electronics company Qualcomm. Daniel Joseph (DJ) Ringis works in the area of AI for video streaming with the Sigmedia Group in Trinity’s Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. From Trinidad, he is in his third year and is supervised by Professor Anil Kokaram and Dr Francois Pitie. The Sigmedia group has […]

20 May 2020

Trinity 2020/21 teaching to start on September 28th

Orientation for all new students will take place in the week before teaching resumes, starting from September 21st, and there will be some face-to-face teaching for all students.

3 Jun 2020

Virtual trips to the gallery, AI storytelling and a visit to space as Gaeilge – Science Week at Science Gallery Dublin

A brand-new exhibition and events programme is on offer at Science Gallery Dublin to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Science Week.

11 Nov 2020

Trinity researchers secure funding from Irish Research Council’s enterprise partnership scheme

Eleven Trinity College Dublin enterprise-focused research projects were among 50 that received a total of €4.3 million in funding under the Irish Research Council’s 2020 Enterprise Partnership Scheme.

17 Aug 2020

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